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Uh, what happens if you walk out the door and hail a cab? How do they stop you?
by cballard 11y ago
Uh, what happens if you walk out the door and hail a cab? How do they stop you?
- koenigdavidmj 11y agoThey note that you are behaving outside medical advice, and mention that your insurance might as a result refuse to pay for the procedure. Whether this is actually the case is a different matter, but that veiled threat should be enough for most.
- fr11 11y agoThis is a common meme, that your insurance might not pay for a procedure if you do something against medical advice. I've had a number of doctors claim it. It's false, thankfully. http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120203-billing.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120203-billing.html
- rconti 11y agoFor liability reasons, they release you to the family member or friend who then escorts you. You are still legally allowed to 'check yourself out' which would be considered 'against medical advice', and god knows what you'd have to sign, but the point is that's not typically the way it works. You are under their care until a responsible party comes in to retrieve you.
- borski 11y agoA lot of times, you can't. They literally will not discharge you until you can prove you have a viable form of transportation, in the form of a friend or family member who can look after you, or a medically-trained taxi. Until you've set one up and they have released you into their care, they will not let you leave.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoI don't think they'll physically stop you from walking out the door, though (that's kidnapping, in fact). But as rconti said, they'll make it very clear to you that you're leaving "against medical advice". (I suppose they might physically restrain you if they have reason to think that you aren't mentally competent at the moment...)
- robryk 11y ago> that's kidnapping, in fact Nitpick: false imprisonment, not kidnapping (kidnapping requires movement).
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